Corona Virus Concerns
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Forgive me if this has been brought up already - there are a lot of pages to check through!
My greatest concern regarding touring once we are permitted to is; will we ever be made welcome again or feel comfortable as visitors in our favourite towns and villages. How long will the fear of strangers being seen as potential virus carriers take to dissipate?
I raise the questions as I live in a popular seaside town much visited from Easter to October in ‘normal’ times but during these difficult times I am conscious even as a local of being under scrutiny whenever I’m out taking my daily exercise. Strangers are definitely not being tolerated.
Anyone else sharing my angst?
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It has been raised in various threads, RC, but usually the emphasis is on those of us in such locations being keen not to see an influx of incomers for obvious reasons.
There has been action taken against trippers both here and in Wales so it is with great trepidation that we use our MH instead of the car on the occasional essential journey.
How long will it be this way? I'm afraid a crystal ball is needed to answer that.
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JVB, The North West of England has been predicted to peak in this virus outbreak in the 1st 2 weeks in May for some time.
That’s why the Nightingale facility in Manchester has only recently been brought into commission.
davetommo may not the concerned, but, believe me, many, many people in our area are scared, stressed out, feeling vulnerable etc.
We know what’s coming, stay safe people, please.
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Hi Tinwheeler, thanks for response.
Yes, regarding the MH, my friend’s MH is her only vehicle. When she uses it to go for her fortnightly shopping trip, she leaves a large sign visible in the windscreen to notify everyone she is local and not a tourist. Sad times when our pride and joy is something we have to defend and apologise for using. Sad but understandable too.
Oh well, if you find that crystal ball, please let us all know!
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Ours bears a Lancashire registration so, we too, have a notice plus stickers of the flag of St Piran back and front. It’s not our only vehicle but benefits from use now and again.
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Death should scare everyone DT no one wants to suffer from Covidiocy👍🏻
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+1 👍🏻👍🏻😂
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It’s a good job there’s no dependents relying upon him☹️
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I prefer to go when I no longer see anything worth living for, I have family I love & some very young I want to see grow, places I’ve yet to discover. My journey is far from over. I’ll be ready when it comes but not yet😊
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DT, I’m dumbstruck you found anyone to love you. Still, takes all sorts.....😉😂
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When it comes to establishing the origin of your motorhome, I'm rather fortunate in that, fortuitously, the the first four characters of its registration are the same as my postcode. Perhaps that's why I wasn't vilified when I took it for its MOT a couple of weeks ago.
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It will of course upload the secure codes of your contacts if you report symptoms on the App. You would need to have WiFi / 4G enabled for this. You would also need it on so your phone could be pinged by the App if you had be in close contact with someone who tested positive. As far as I can see it is going to need a 4G / WiFi connection at least some of the time. I can't remember who, but some were saying they didn't normally have data switched on.
extract from artical in Telegraph on the App
Records of contacts will be stored on phones. If a user comes down with coronavirus symptoms they report this in the app. That data is then shared with a health service database and their anonymous ID matched with other phones they have come into contact with.
People who they have been in close contact with will then be sent a notification urging them to isolate.
This data will not be linked to people’s names but use anonymous IDs linked to a device, so phone owners will not know who might have passed on the virus. They will, however, be asked to share the first digits of their post code.
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"I feel we should be sticking to the spirit of what the Government is asking of us rather than looking for ever more creative excuses to stretch the limits of what is essential which seems to be acceptable even something to be proud of by some."
"The "holier than thou" comments (if that expression must be used) are surely coming from those who are mistakenly implying that there is a limit on exercise time, either in the letter of the law or the spirit.
In fact whether you look at the gov.uk guidelines or the actual legislation there is emphatically no time limit as long as one's exercise is local to one's home (even if it means a short drive)."
I was tempted to just write 'one mans meat etc etc as for me, as there are elements of both posts, from AD and moulsey, that I agree with, or even if I didn't agree, can see the point of.
There has been a remarkable change in behaviour from the majority of people and personally whilst I feel I am 'sticking to the spirit' of what we are being asked to do also get frustrated by the constant inaccurate comments relating to the 'rules'.
My nearest supermarket is 18 miles away but 20 miles away there are three close to each other where I am far more likely to get all the shopping that we need.
We do this once a week, getting ongoing daily essentials at the village shop as part of our daily exercise.
I also go out on the bike once of twice a week rather than a walk and all this is done from home.
I have now decided that next week, when I go to get the shopping, I will take the bikes. The reason for this is one of safety as I will be using off road cycle paths rather than the public roads and, as it will be included with the shopping trip does not require an additional journey which is allowable anyway based on the 'rules' and the guidance for the Police which says;
Exercise can come in many
forms, including walks.
Exercise must involve
some movement, but it is
acceptable for a person to
stop for a break in exercise.
However, a very short period
of ‘exercise’ to excuse a long
period of inactivity may
mean that the person is not
engaged in ‘exercise’ but in
fact something else.
It is lawful to drive for
exercise.Some may see this as 'bending the rules' but, so far as i can see it is not only acceptable but reasonable.
On the one day I will travel just 4 miles more than is absolutely necessary to get essential shopping, will purchase and deliver shopping for a vulnerable person as part of this trip and will take my exercise in a safer environment than if doing it from home.
Would I make a tip of 40 miles just to use my bike?
No, I wouldn't but adding exercise to a trip that is going to happen anyway seems sensible, reasonable and compliant with the guidance.
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Mayhap not as a choice but we can certainly reduce the risks to an intelligent level👍🏻
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I don’t want to live forever, once round is enough for me👍🏻. I’m afraid the older I get the more I despair of my fellow Humans☹️. I think ‘careful’ for sure, ‘scared’ not so much. As with most things DT they happen all the time, we can however plan smarter😊
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cant argue with that, Dave...
perhaps thats a true Zen saying....bit like 'nothing is what I want' (with apologies to F Zappa).
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But there's no point in pulling your number out of the hat before time.☹
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